May 2012 Blog Posts (26)

Presented by The Society of Arts and Crafts, Craftboston Spring and Holiday are New England’s premiere juried exhibitions and sales of contemporary craft. This twice annual, well-established show draws impressive application pools and attendance. SAC invites artists to apply for participation in one or both 2013 shows. Work must fall under one of the following media categories: baskets, ceramics, fiber…

We are proud to announce that artist Jennifer Trask, who recently joined Gallery Loupe, is going to be participating in the James Renwick Alliance’s Distinguished Artist Series this weekend, June 2nd and 3rd at Smithsonian’s American Art Museum Renwick Gallery in Washington,…

Over the last few months, I have been inspired to make specific pieces in response to several "call for entry" postings on Crafthaus. First up, we have Loren Angulo's "Behind the Brooch", an exhibition and book about the way in which makers embellish the back of their brooches and how it relates to the…

The Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi (The Guild) is seeking an Executive Director. The Guild is a nonprofit organization, dedicated to showcasing and selling crafts for and by the members of the guild. It is also dedicated to increasing the membership. The Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi has grown from a membership of 30 craftsmen – only two of the original 30 actually earned a living from craft – to more than 400 professional artisans from all across the Southeast. Our craftsmen have a…

The Crafts Council is the national development agency for contemporary craft; an independent charity established by Royal Charter and funded through a combination of earned and raised income and government funding.

We wish to appoint a new Trustee who will share our belief in the value of craft and its contribution to the nation’s cultural, social and economic agendas. This person will help us to achieve our goal of making…

The Trustees of the Crafts Study Centre wish to make available a post doctoral Fellowship in Modern Crafts to be located at the Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey, England.

It is intended that the research will align the interests of the researcher with the collections of the Crafts Study…

::: CoMA Conference ~ Stop. Reflect. Illuminate. ::: When: July 20 - 22, 2012 Where: The Steamplant. Salida, CO We think you will agree that we have some inspirational and extremely talented presenters lined up for this years conference: * Bernd Munsteiner

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Here's "Spinning Steel" from R. Weis' CD "Excitable Audible" with an exploration of a sculpture by Atticus Adams. Two artists working with commonplace materials: Weis samples and composes with the sound of steel kitchen bowls and Adams sculpts metal screen.

I've been a bit distracted by family matters over the last two weeks and haven't really been doing very much of note, though unfortunately, I have had to cancel the "Scotland the What?" exhibition on Crafthaus, scheduled for the end of this month. Both Jeff Zimmer and myself have independently suffered a personal loss at the same time and have not managed to collate the show at all. The plus side of this, however, is that Brigitte has re-scheduled for October 2013 and this gives us the…

Considering the time of year, this question from Eva, a student at the Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA, seems very timely. She asks:"Do you suggest that we find a job after graduation or set up our own studio…

"Price Review 2015
Our customers recently provided valuable feedback on our hallmarking pricing structure. Following the response, we are pleased to introduce the simplest pricing method in UK Hallmarking to date!
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"and ACJ will be there too!
Celebrity Guest Speakers Announced for "Make your Mark" Student Event
As many of you will be aware, we are holding our next FREE student event in spring 2015 at Goldsmiths' Hall, London.
Following our first…"